Malawi’s launches the country’s first Public Environmental Expenditure Review Malawi’s economy and the livelihoods of a majority of the population are largely dependent on different environment and natural resources (ENR). In this light, harnessing public resources in support of pro-...

While changes in the environment affect everyone, they affect men and women differently. Women and girls are more likely to be affected by environmental degradation largely because of their traditional responsibilities such as food producers, collecting water and firewood. Identify and address...

United Nations officers of Poverty-Environment Initiative joined with UN advocates and members of the research community to strategize on the sustainability of poverty-environment mainstreaming at the Initiative's 2015 Global Retreat, held from 30 March to 1 April,...

Bringing together country delegations from Bangladesh, Nepal and Indonesia, UN agencies, partner organizations, bilateral donors and civil society, Poverty-Environment Initiative Asia Pacific hosted a Showcase Event on 6 November 2014 at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Bangkok. The event was...

Twenty members of Malawi’s Parliament attended a training of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Climate Change Management, which had been organized by the Leadership for Environment and Development–South Eastern Africa (LEAD-SEA) in Lilongwe on 25-26...

Agriculture continues to be an important engine of growth in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. It employs a substantive proportion of the population, and is a critical source of food security and nutrition. Unfortunately, gender inequalities common to the region significantly dampen the...